domestic, abundant, clean energy to power our lives... that's smarter power today. bill: i want to show you new video of the newly elected members of congress arrive, i guess you could call it for the first day of school, continue you? folks from washington state, california, indiana as well. newly elected congressional members now coming for their new member orientation. so we just wanted to share this with you and have a look at what is happening for the beginning of their new life. martha: back to school. lawmakers returning to work on capitol hill this morning after a seven-week vacation, the ones who already held jobs there. priority number one is trying to reach some kind of deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. the u.s. is facing more than $16 trillion in debt. white now there seems to be no plan, a cogent one at this point to move forward on all of that. joined by missouri republican roy blunt who is the vice chairman of the republican conference and on the appropriations committee. good to have you with us senator blunt. >> thank you. martha: talk to me